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Stocks continued their volatile ways as the indices gave back all, and then some, of Wednesday's gains. The Dow lost 196-points and the triple digit moves are becoming more common place making the market a little more vulnerable to a breakdown.

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Stocks waffled the first half of the day on Wednesday but an afternoon rumor regarding OPEC and a reduction oil production sparked a rally in oil related stocks, and program trading kicked in spreading the wealth into other sectors. The oil sector heavy Dow and S&P benefited most with the Dow adding 111-points. The Nasdaq, which had been leading the market, lagged with a small gain, while small caps had a nice day playing some catch up from its lagging day on Tuesday. ...

Stocks bounced back on post-debate Tuesday after Monday's pre-debate sell-off. We did get a stronger than expected Consumer Confidence report that may have helped, but it was more emotional than that as we opined yesterday. The Dow ended the day with a gain of 133-points. The Nasdaq led while small caps lagged.

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Stocks were pressured on Monday, possibly because it was leading up to the big presidential debate, and with the polls so close it could put one of the candidates in the lead for good. The Dow lost 167-points and we saw losses near 1% almost across the board, although the Transports showed some relative strength losing just 0.28%.

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Stocks pulled back on Friday and filled some gaps left open after Thursday's rally. The Dow lost 131-points and the broader indices lost between 0.3% and 0.7%. Despite the losses, the C, S, and I TSP stock funds all had strong weeks gaining 1.2%, 2.2%, and 3.2% respectively, while the F-fund (bonds) gained 0.54%.

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